Maple Leaf Glory: A Journey Through the History of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL thespread.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thespread.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Toronto Maple Leafs founder Conn Smythe was a decorated World War I hero and was 44 years old when Canada entered World War II in 1941. Although he was considered too old to fight again in Europe, the patriotic sportsman chose to enlist once more.
Wilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonald was a robust defenseman who never met a hamburger or sirloin he didn t enjoy, his appetite a thing of legend. And in the early 1960s, he met a prime cut named Bobby Orr.